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[–] MotoAsh 129 points 7 months ago (5 children)

garbage collectors have a strong union, do they not?

[–] [email protected] 106 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yes they do, and their strikes are highly effective for obvious reasons, and no mayor trying to win an election wants that egg on their face.

[–] PunnyName 36 points 7 months ago

Or banana peel.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Java's is out of a job forever because of Oracle

[–] MotoAsh 2 points 7 months ago

Java's still a managed environment, and in either case, Rust shows it's not strictly necessary anyways. Wouldn't mind some software engineer unions, though.

[–] Zehzin 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They lift heavy stuff and run around all day, they gotta be strong af

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Running is not as extreme as you think, a lot of it is just carrying on the momentum of the truck after you jump off, other tham that it's mostly just brisk walking.

The heavy stuff depends, regulations typically impose a limit on weight but a lot of people don't follow it. You learn to use proper lifting form quite quickly though or you'll get a hernia

Src: did it for 3years as student job

[–] Zehzin 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

By that third year, were you in peak physical condition? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Funny story actually. After year 1 I was in peak condition, year 2 was normal, year 3 I gained weight. Year 1 I worked slowest and year 3 fastest. I just became way more efficient :p

[–] Frozengyro 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Depends on location. Some places really screw those guys. It's a shitty job and should be something people can live comfortably on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It's honestly not that shitty of a job (see my earlier comment https://programming.dev/comment/8949488 )

Source: did it as student job for 3 years.

[–] afraid_of_zombies 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes depends on area. The guys at the facility usually don't.

[–] Aux 2 points 7 months ago

They're not collectors though.